He married my sisters with five pound, or twenty nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours, and some alms he gave to the poor. And all this he did of the said farm, where he that... The History of the Worthies of England - Page 228by Thomas Fuller - 1840Full view - About this book
| Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1684 - 738 pages
...now hath it fayeth 1 5l p. an. and more^ and is not able to do any thing for his Prince, for himfelfr nor for his Children, or give a cup of Drink to the Poor. He was bred in Cambridg^ and converted under God, by Mr» Bliney from a violent Papift to a zealous Proteftant. H»... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1807 - 910 pages
...where he that now hath it, payeth sixteen pounds by the year or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor." At the time Latimer excited popular attention in promoting the reformation, Bilney was equally or more... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 508 pages
...farm. Where he that now hath it, payeth 161. by the year, or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...farm. Where he that now hath it, payeth l6I. by the year, or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. In my |ime my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and... | |
| English literature - 1808 - 606 pages
...farm. Where he that now hath it, payeth l6l. by the year, er more, and is n<>t able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. ' In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and... | |
| James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 454 pages
...: where he that now hath it, payeth sixteen pound by year or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor." Anna Bullein was an exception to this prelate's censure ; and is said to have been provided daily with... | |
| James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 1811 - 440 pages
...: vvhere he that now hath it, payeth sixteen pound by year or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor." Anna Bullein was an exception to this prelate's censure ; and is said to have been provided daily with... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 508 pages
...it, payeth l61. by the year, or more, and is not able to do any thing for his prince, for himJTelf, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, *nd... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1816 - 686 pages
...where he that now hath it, payeth sixteen pound by the year, or more, and is not s»ble to do any thing for his prince, for himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor.' When things had found their level after this great change, the condition of the lower classes underwent... | |
| Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 558 pages
...fixteen pounds by the y«ar, or more, and is not able to do any thing for " his prince, for himfelf, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the " poor." — What would Latimer have faid of our prefent rack renting landlords, who not only do not relieve,... | |
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